The duo comprising of Briggs and Trials will take home $30,000 for taking the annual prize, winning out over other nominees including Olympia’s Self Talk, The Avalanches’ Wildflower and Big Scary’s Animal.

“Trials and I are from two different communities. My old man is here 2nite. He’s never been to a show (laughs),” Briggs said collecting the award with Trials holding a massive cheque next to him.

Reclaim Australia is the duo’s debut album and it charted within the top 10 in the country when it was released last year.

It features a host of guests including Thelma Plum, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and Archie Roach.

The record now joins an esteemed list of past winners including Courtney Barnett (Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Think), Augie March (Moo, You Bloody Choir), Eddy Current Suppression Ring (Primary Colours), The Jezabels (Prisoner), Hermitude (HyperParadise) and Big Scary (Not Art).